Signal for motor-vehicles.



Fr F. PARADIS.

SIGNAL FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 050. 1. 1911.

Patented July 23, 1918.

INVENTOR Flora/266 F Para/1s.

WITNESS Md/MM 96 A TTORIVEYS adapted to engage one of a series ofopenings" FLORENCE FERN PARADIS, OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

SIGNAL FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

Application filed December 1, 1917. Serial No. 204,848.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE FERN Pan- .xnrs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Idaho Springs, in the county of Clear Creekand State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Signals for Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement .in signals for motor vehicles, and hasfor its object to provide a signal of the character specitied, capableof quick and easy attachment to ordetachment from a wind shield, andwherein the signal proper is arranged to be extended at either side ofthe wind shield as may be desired, lockin mechanism being provided forholding signal in either position or in neutral position.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a rear view of the wind shield of a motor vehicle carryingthe improved signal;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the signal;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the signal plate.

In the present embodiment of the invention, a casing 1 is provided ofsuitable material, the casing bein in the form of a tubular structureand eing divided, by a vertical longitudinally extendin partition 2,into two chambers. In one of t ese cham hers is mounted a signal plate3, the said plate fitting the chamber in such manner that it may bemoved in either direction, and the plate is slightly longer than thecasing.

The front wall of the casing is slotted longitudinally as shown at- 1,and the plate 3 has struck up lugs 5 which extend outwardly through theslot, and are connected by a block 6, the lugs 5 being securedto theopposite side edges of the block. These lugs are spaced apart, as shown,a suflicient distance to receive the block, and the block has a recess 7at its inner end, extending from the said inner end to near the centerof the block. a

A locking pin 8 is mounted to move in an opening longitudinall of theblock and in the notch or recesss' the said pin being 9 in the partitionwall 2, to hold the signal plate 3 in adjusted position. The outer endof the pi n is bent laterally to form a handle,

jdica'ted in Figs. 1 and 2.

and a spring 10 is arranged within the notch or recess 7, between theouter end of the recess and a stop 11 on the pin, and the spring actsnormally to force the pin inwardly to cause it to engage with one of theopenlngs 9. The opposite ends of the plate bear legends 12, that at oneend of the plate being right while that at the opposite end is left, andthe openings 9 are so positioned that when the pin is in either of theend openings the legend at that end will be displayed, while when thepin is in the central opening the legends .will be hidden. It will beunderstood that both faces of the plate are rovided with legends.

eans is also provided for connecting the signal to the wind shield 13 ofa motor vehicle. The said means comprises a pair of rods 14 in each endof the casing and in that chamber which does not carry the plate 3. Thecorresponding members of each pair of rods are connected by coil springs15 which tend to draw the rods toward each engaged with the frame of thewind shield,

the pairs at each end. being drawn outwardly for this purpose. Thesignalin device is now supported transversely o the wind shield,preferably just above the dashboard, with the handle end of the pin 8extending inwardly. When the driverindicates a turn to the left, forinstance, he will draw the pin toward him to release it from the opening9 with which it is then engaged, and will move it to the left, asinstra'ight ahead, the parts occupy the dotted line position of Figs. 1and 2. It will be noticed that the plate 3 isof such length that when inneutral position it does not extend beyond the edges of the Wind shield.

I claim:

1. A device of the character specified,

When going I tition for securing the casin locking the plate with eitherend extended or in neutral position, means in connection with the casingon the other side of the parsaid outer ends being extended beyond thecasing and being adapted to engage the wind shield. v

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a tubular casinghaving a central partition extending longitudinally of the casing, asignaling plate mounted to slide on one side of the partition andadapted to extend at either end of the casing, means for moving theplate, means forlocking the plate with either end extended or inneutralposition, and means 1n connection with the casing on the otherside of, the

to the Wind.

partition for detachably securing the easing to the wind shield of-amotor vehicle.

3. A device of the character specified, comprising a tubular casinghaving means for detachably connecting the same with the wind shield ofa motor vehicle transversely of the said shield, a signal plate mountedto slide in the casing and adapted to be extended at either end of thecasing, means for moving the plate, and means inconnection with themoving means for locking the plate with either end extended or inneutral position, said means comprising a handle connected with theplate, a pin mounted to move in the handle toward and from the plate,said plate havin an opening through which the pin exten s and thepartition havi g openings for engagement by the pin. to ho d the platein adjusted position, and a spring normally pressing the pin toward thepartition.

FLORENCE FERN PARADIS.

Witnesses: James L. WALm; J. M. KINSINGER.

